CONFLICT DESERT STORM

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Possibly one of the greatest games I ever played on my PS2. Its been so long I`ve played the first and second games (CDSI & CDS II: Back to Baghdad). Viewing recent images of the current Libyan war especially with the night-time sky painted with anti-aircraft fire and burnt out tanks reminded me so much about the Iraq war and the Conflict Desert Storm games.

I just love the squad-based nature of game and the fact you can choose any player to play as well as the co-op mode. I played SOCOM and other shooter games but CDS is a game unto its own, from the superb AI, images, vehicles, weapons...etc its just that awesome to play. From several types of grenades, assortments of rifles & machine guns, rocket launchers and sniping-which is only a few of the items in the game making the overall action and playing experience mezmerizing. I recommend this game if you like tactical shooting or if you want to try a new game genre.

I can still remember the sounds of the AK-47 rounds whizzing by, or the sounds of the alarm siren or the Iraqi AI figures cussing us in Arabic. I can still see myself staying up late nights and playing through the early morning working on the various missions and coming up with ways to beat the challenges that arose. The missions were not easy and after several times dying, you would need come up with ways and scenarios to beat the mission. At times I would just be perplexed on many missions and pulling my hair when my squad died when we shouldn`t have or such but it shows to the nature of the game that its unstoppable and unable to take your hands off it.

About the game from the manufacturers:

Conflict Desert Storm

Conflict: Desert Storm lets you take charge of the best known and most feared special operations forces in the world: the elite British SAS or the US Delta Force squads. You're the best trained, best equipped and best organised Special Forces in the world. The area that has been assigned to you is yours for the taking. Seek, locate and destroy enemy targets and personnel. Create havoc and confusion throughout the enemy's lines of communication and supply. What lies before you is an opportunity in a soldier's lifetime. Take your equipment, take your training and use it well. Features included squad-based combat (both alone or co-operatively with friends), 15 missions, and scripted events.

Watch the trailer: CDS 1 trailer

Watch the intro: CDS Intro

Conflict Desert Storm II: Back to Baghdad

Part 2 in the series, Back to Baghdad is a squad-based shooter that picks up right where the first Desert Storm left off. John Bradley, Paul Foley, Mick Connors, and David Jones are back once again to team up and once again take on Saddam's henchmen. Whether it's protecting friendly choppers from enemy fire, the burning oil fields, Iraq's chemical weapons program, or secret superguns, there was apparently enough unfinished business left to serve as the basis for a second game. For the sequel, the developers improved on the team-mate AI and game UI, but the biggest attraction is once again the split-screen co-operative multiplayer for two

Conflict Desert Storm II: Back To Baghdad takes you deep into the combat zone, during the 1991 Desert Storm operation! All-new weapons and vehicles, plus the option to raise your troops' skills and turn them into an unbeatable fighting force!

Only strategy and skill will ensure your survival through frantic firefights, gut-wrenching vehicular combat, and gripping stealth operations. "The Mother of All Battles" is on your console in Gotham Games' Conflict: Desert Storm II - Back to Baghdad. The troops are in position, so lock and load, and get ready to GO LOUD!

Watch the trailer: CDS II trailer

Watch the intro: CDS II Intro